Study Task 3 - Creative Repot/Animation Studio Research (Studio Brief 2)

I initially reached out to Cristina Acuña Solla for my creative report, as I had worked with her on Isle of Dogs and she was the head set dresser/model maker for it. However, she never got back to me, even though I emailed her twice. It may have been useful to call her, however I get some anxiety about ringing people up, and figured an email would be the best way anyway, as English was not her first language.

Once it became clear she wasn't going to get back in touch with me, I contacted a few others, including Jesse Gregg, the lead set dresser at Laika. He got back to me within hours, happy to answer any questions I put his way. I sent him the following questions, trying to keep in mind questions that I would like to asked were I in his position.

1. What got you interested in set dressing to begin with?

2. Where do you see the stop-motion industry in twenty years time?

3. What animation do you wish you had been able to work on?

4. What advice would you give to someone wanting to become a set dresser?

5. What is the hardest part of your job?

He took a little while to respond, so I had to gently nudge him, which prompted him to reply with such juicy answers. I was really impressed with what he had to say, and it was a shame that I had to cut down his responses for my creative report.

I found it a really good experience and helped me overcome some anxieties about talking to people in the industry, as it helped me realise they're a lot more like me than I know, just with a lot more experience.

https://issuu.com/allyhorton/docs/creative_report